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Published on: July 16, 2011
Host cell-specific effects of lentiviral accessory proteins on the eukaryotic cell cycle progression
Mari Matsuda1, Azusa Arai, Yusuke Nakamura
1Department of Microbiology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Mibu, Tochigi, Japan.
Abstract:
Lentiviral accessory proteins are thought to play important roles in regulating the viral replication through modulation of host cell functions. For example, Vpr of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) induces the cell cycle G2 arrest in a host cell-specific manner. Similarly, HIV-2 Vpr, but not Vpx, has been shown to induce G2 arrest in primate cells. It has also been reported that Orf-A of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) induces G2 arrest in a simian cell line. However, activities of these non-HIV-1 accessory proteins in different cellular context are unclear. In this study, effects of HIV-2 Vpr, Vpx and FIV Orf-A on cell cycle progression were compared with those of HIV-1 Vpr in various mammalian cell lines and the fission yeast. These non-HIV-1 accessory proteins induced the cell cycle arrest in a host cell-specific manner, and their specificities were different from each other. Interestingly, HIV-2 Vpx-induced G2 arrest in bovine MDBK cells. It was also notable that HIV-2 Vpx and FIV Orf-A appeared to block the cell separation in the fission yeast. The host cell-specific activities of different lentiviral accessory proteins revealed in this study may provide a useful basis for elucidating the mechanism of their functions.
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